Today's Sports

The Staunton River offense started off slowly last Friday but was still able to eventually overpower the William Fleming defense. The Golden Eagles cruised to a 47-7 victory over the Colonels.
“We are tickled to death to get the win and get to 5-0,” said Coach Chuck Poston. “It wasn’t perfect but I am really proud of the way our kids played. We were a little sluggish offensively to start out.”

Crucial mistakes cost Liberty against Rustburg last Friday and the Minutemen fell 34-20.
“We played better,” said Coach Chris Watts. “We still made some mistakes at the worst possible time to kind of put ourselves in a bad situation.”
Rustburg started off the game with a 60-yard rushing touchdown. Liberty answered with a Brock Porter 3-yard touchdown. PAT was no good.

Jefferson Forest competed in the Skyline Invitational last Wednesday and defeated 15 competing teams.
Forest scored a 294 on the 18-hole invitational. The second place team Loudon Valley scored 307.
Isaac Simmons placed second with a score of 69, Garnet Manley III finished with 73, Zach Abbott finished with 74,and Nick Willis finished with 78.

The Liberty volleyball team defeated E.C. Glass 3-1 for its second win of the season.
The Lady Minutemen took set one 25-18, but the Lady Hilltoppers came back in the second set to win 25-22.
Liberty bounced back in the third winning 25-19 and then took the fourth 25-13.
The Lady Minutemen are now 2-3 on the season and will play at Brookville on Thursday.

The Liberty Minutemen fought hard against Hidden Valley but turnovers in crucial moments led to a 61-21 loss.
“We thought we had moments we played well,” said Coach Chris Watts “At the worst possible time we turned it over.”
The Titans took a quick jump on the Minutemen scoring 21 points in the first quarter.

Staunton River rules the county.
The Staunton River and Jefferson Forest football game was a literal clash of county rivals as four injuries occurred in just the first half of last Friday’s battle for county supremacy. When the dust settled, it was the Golden Eagles sitting atop the unofficial county podium, having defeated the Cavaliers 47-36.
River had already dispatched Liberty the previous week.

The sixth annual First Clergy and First Responder Benefit Softball Game was played Monday, Sept. 12 at the Forest Youth Athletic Association field.
The First Clergy took the win with a 20-13 victory over the First Responders. The Clergy is now 5-1 over the First Responders.
The softball game benefits the Bedford Women’s Shelter.

The Jefferson Forest volleyball team defeated Liberty Christian Academy 3-2 after five long sets last Thursday.
LCA won the first two sets 25-22 and 25-19. The Lady Cavaliers came back in the third set winning 25-15.
Forest fought in the fourth to defeat LCA 25-17. The match was tied at 2-2 and the final set commenced. In a close set, JF finished with a 15-12 win to give them the match win.